Chelsea are progressing well in talks with AS Monaco for centre-back Benoit Badiashile ahead of a January move, football.london understands, with personal terms agreed.
Monaco, who are almost midway through the season where they bid for Champions League football once again, do not want to sell Badiashile next month but will be swayed should Chelsea offer €45million (£39.8m) for the defender. The Blues are after the 21-year-old left-footed central defender, who plays alongside Wesley Fofana for the France Under-21s side.
Badiashile has just over two years of his contract remaining at Monaco, where he progressed through the club's academy. Over the years, the Ligue 1 club have sold numerous players to some of European football's biggest sides and head coach Philippe Clement has said they will consider offers for any player should it be appropriate.
